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20 Cards in this Set
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affable
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courteous and pleasant
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aggrandize
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to increase in greaness, power, wealth
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amorphous
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shapeless, without definite form
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aura
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that with surrounds; a distinctive air or personal quality
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contraband
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illegal traffic, smuggled goods
illegal, prohibited |
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erudite
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scholarly, learned, bookish
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gossmer
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thin, light, delicate
very think cloth |
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infer
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to find out by reasoning
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood, impossible to see through physically
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insular
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relating to, characteristic of, or sitated on an island, narrow or isolated in outlook or experience
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back
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propensity
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natural inclination
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querulous
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peevish, complaining, fretful
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remonstrate
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to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against
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repudiate
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disown, reject, deny the validity of
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resilient
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able to return to original shape or form
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reverberate
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to re-echo, resound, to reflect or be reflected
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scurrilous
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coarsely abusive, vulgar or low, foul mouthed
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sedulous
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persistaent, showing industry and determination
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sleazy
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thin or flimsy in texture, cheap, shoddy or inferior to
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